Latest Events in Edinburgh: Concerts, Shows, Fairs, Calendar&Tickets(March Updated)

EDINBURGH MUSICAL THEATRE RAVE LAUNCH Get ready to dance and sing your heart out at the most electrifying event in town! Join us on Sat April 19th, 2025 at 9C Victoria Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2HE for the Edinburgh Musical Theatre Rave Launch. It's time to let loose and celebrate the magic of musical theatre like never before! Immerse yourself in an unforgettable experience where the worlds of musicals and raves collide. This event promises an incredible night filled with pulsating beats, dazzling lights, and the best tunes from your favorite musicals. From Broadway classics to West End hits, we've got it all covered! Grab your friends, put on your dancing shoes, and get ready to unleash your inner performer. Whether you're a musical theater enthusiast or just looking for a night of non-stop fun, this event is for you! Sing along to your favorite show tunes, show off your dance moves, and revel in the infectious energy of the crowd. Our venue, located in the heart of Edinburgh, provides the perfect setting for this one-of-a-kind event. Join us at 9C Victoria Street and let the music transport you to a world of pure joy and entertainment. The address is EH1 2HE. Don't miss out on this epic night of music, dancing, and theatrical bliss. Mark your calendars, gather your squad, and be part of the Edinburgh Musical Theatre Rave Launch! It's going to be a night to remember! Information Source: Willy | eventbrite

You know them, we know gifting... Join us in-store on Saturday 29th March bateween 14:00 - 16:00 for a special FREE event, where Magenta Ink Calligraphy will be on-hand to personalise the perfect Mother's Day gifts for that special person in your life! After a personalised fragrance consultation and a complimentary glass of fizz*, you will be able to choose the perfect scent for your special gift, which will then be personalised even further, and of course complete with our complimentary gift wrapping service. Terms & Conditions *Alcohol is not included in the ticket price. No alcohol will be provided to anyone under the age of 18 without ID. Information Source: Molton Brown | eventbrite

MenCon MenCon is a radical reinterpretation of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op.64, wherein the solo part remains completely intact (realised by violinist Chihiro Ono), and the orchestral parts are reinterpreted and recomposed by a chamber orchestra of creative musicians from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, led by composer Neil Luck. The work is chameleonic, unrepeatable, inclusive, unpredictable, creative, brilliantly risky, and probably (possibly) exactly how Mendelssohn himself would have wanted it to be played in the 21st century! Different every time, MenCon was originally realised by Neil’s ensemble ARCO, following a similar experiment with the Beethoven Violin concerto some years earlier. It has also however, been realised by Chihiro and Neil with conservatoire students, improvising orchestras, and other new music ensembles. The piece has also been released as an album by Birmingham Record Company. For this event, Neil and Chihiro will be joined by CoMA Glasgow, an experimental collective open to players of all abilities who focus on exploring and interpreting unusual and avantgarde contemporary music scores. With monthly gatherings at Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) and also online, the group welcomes musicians and sound-makers of all abilities. This includes professionals, students, amateurs, composers, instrumentalists and sound-artists so if you like what you hear, you can get involved as everybody has something to contribute! Information Source: Pianodrome | eventbrite

In 1925, Scotland played their first ever game at Murrayfield Stadium. They opened their new home with a landmark result, defeating England for the Grand Slam. This was the first in a long line of epic encounters that would take place on that hallowed turf over the next century. In this event, Peter Burns and Rob Robertson share some of the most memorable, significant and sometimes quirky fixtures that have been played at Murrayfield over the past 100 years. This will be an insightful, fun and fascinating account of some of the greatest moments in Scottish rugby. About the speakers Peter Burns is the co-author of ‘This is Murrayfield: 100 years of history in 100 matches’. Peter has been a sports editor for nearly twenty years. He is the author of eleven critically-acclaimed books on rugby and golf and is co-host of ‘The Offside Line’ podcast. Rob Robertson is the co-author of ‘This is Murrayfield: 100 years of history in 100 matches’. Rob is an award-winning Scottish journalist, author and playwright. He has covered the last five rugby World Cups and is old enough to have been in the Murrayfield crowd for the 1984 Grand Slam home games and all the ones in 1990. When you book an event, your personal information will be held and used by the National Library of Scotland and our third-party suppliers for the purposes of allowing you to attend the event and for audience research. For more information, visit the National Library of Scotland privacy pages, in particular the events notice and feedback and complaints notice. We expect attendees to behave respectfully towards presenters, guests and other audience members. Information Source: National Library of Scotland | eventbrite

Upstairs at the Waverley Bar has a performance space and toilets. Drinks are available from the down stairs bar. The bar will be open after the end of the reading. You are welcome to stay and enjoy a drink. This is a celebration of fiction and prose, so there will be no poetry. Information Source: Maggie | eventbrite

We are delighted to be welcoming artist and debut novelist, Seth Insua, to the shop on Thursday 20th March, at 7pm, as we celebrate the publication of his blisteringly emotional, searingly powerful novel, Human, Animal, about one family's struggle to understand each other in a rapidly changing world. Dairy farmer George Calvert is fighting to keep the family business afloat. Worried about the future but resistant to change, he refuses to face the reality of his failing farm, his elderly mother's declining health and his troubled relationship with his youngest son, Tom. Newly returned from university, Tom isolates himself in his childhood bedroom, guarding the truth of his burgeoning identity. When animal rights activists break into the cowshed one morning and Tom appears to side with the protesters, father and son lock horns. As the Calverts begin to unravel, a decades-old secret surfaces - one that might rip them apart completely, or finally unite them. Seth will be in conversation with our Event Manager, Matthew Land, who grew up on a dairy farm in Wales. - Doors: 6.30pm, event starts: 7pm, please arrive early to secure a good seat. Tickets are £3and there is a Ticket & Book option which includes a signed copy of Human, Animal. The bookshop has level access, events are seated and speakers use microphones. If you have any concerns about accessibility, please do get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate your needs. Refunds are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, we are unable to offer a refund after the event. For more information or if you would like a signed copy because you can't make it to the event, please contact the Blackwell's events team on 0131 622 8222 or matthew.land@blackwell.co.uk Information Source: Blackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge | eventbrite

About the eventThe Edition Spring Lecture will be given jointly by Katherine Halsey, Professor of English Studies at the University of Stirling, and Matthew Sangster, Professor of Romantic Studies, Fantasy and Cultural History at the University of Glasgow. It is titled 'Towards a True History of Reading Lives: Borrowing in Scotland, 1747-1837', and will include a discussion chaired by Professor Penny Fielding (University of Edinburgh). It will be held in the Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square at 4pm to 5:30pm. The lecture will be preceded from 2pm until 3pm by an optional workshop at the Centre for Research Collections (located on the sixth floor of the Main Library on George Square). This workshop is titled 'Edinburgh University Library’s Borrowing Registers'. Capacity for this workshop is limited, so please book separately for it and the Autumn lecture below. About the lecture - 'Towards a True History of Reading Lives: Borrowing in Scotland, 1747-1837'Histories of reading have often relied by necessity on anecdotal accounts by relatively elite readers. However, the affordances of digital technologies allow us to interpret previously intractable institutional manuscripts to provide a far richer evidentiary basis. Structuring their lecture around two key reading concepts from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, ‘instruction’ and ‘amusement’, Professors Halsey and Sangster will explore how readers in Scotland engaged with library books as pupils, students, professionals, members of communities and leisure readers. They will demonstrate how library borrowing records reveal rich, complex, idiosyncratic readers, liberated rather than bound by the libraries with which they interacted, ranging far beyond the ostensible purposes of their institutions in their diverse engagements with print. About the workshop - 'Edinburgh University Library’s Borrowing Registers'This workshop will introduce participants to the borrowing registers of Edinburgh University Library, one of the largest surviving collections of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century borrowing records in Scotland. It will explore the borrowings of the students, professors and townspeople who used the library for a wide range of intellectual (and less intellectual) purposes. During the workshop, attendees will examine the content and material form of the registers, discussing the ways in which ideological assumptions are encoded in the institutional practices represented. They will also trace some of the rich reading lives revealed in the registers’ pages. If you choose to attend the workshop, please remember to provide your name as you enter the Main Library so you can be admitted. About EditionEdition (formerly the Centre for the History of the Book) is a collaborative initiative at the University of Edinburgh supporting new research in all aspects of the history of the book, from traditional forms of bibliography, codicology and textual editing to the latest theoretical and digital innovations. Access and recording Please note that this lecture is a free, in-person event held on the University of Edinburgh campus. It will not be live streamed - tickets are for access to the venue. However, the lecture may be photographed and/or recorded and added to the University website afterwards. If you would prefer not to appear in any recordings, please contact us in advance or speak to us on the day. It's not a problem. After the event We may like to contact you in the future to hear what you thought of the lecture and invite you to other Edition events. Please tell us at the time of booking if you are happy for us to do that. Information Source: School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | eventbrite

The Emo Festival is coming to Edinburgh! 💀🖤 The greatest tribute night to the music that was never just a phase… 🖤 TEENAGE NOSTALGIA featuring all your biggest emo songs in existence with A LIVE BAND & LIVE DJs spinning all the angst your teenage dirtbag heart desires all night long! LIVE Performers, confetti & much more! Put on your eyeliner, lace up your high-tops and get ready to rock to all your favourite nostalgic emo anthems! This event is 18+ - Please note this is a standing event! Disclaimer: The Emo Festival and its events are not affiliated with the artists listed. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Please note that in-line with normal consumer standards for ticket purchases, tickets for The Emo Festival are non-refundable, unless we move the event or cancel it - any issues please don't hesitate to contact our support team! Information Source: The Emo Fest | eventbrite

Paint the beautiful grounds of Lauriston Castle with ink and watercolours. This stunning location combines nature with architecture and enjoys fantastic views over the Forth to Fife. On this 3 hour sketching tour, Mark (known locally as EdinburghSketcher) will guide you around the castle grounds, picking out details that will help describe the techniques he has picked up over a decade of sketching around the city. Each class will touch on mark making, perspectives, depth and composition, as you go from 5 minute exercises to relax the hand and work on composition, to 30 minute detailed vistas. Mark’s sketching tours are perfect for all levels, from beginners to those who would like to learn more about his unique speed-sketching style, or to practice sketching with ink and watercolour. A mount to house your finished sketches plus all materials needed on the day are included. This is a walking and sketching tour so come dressed for the Scottish weather! If you have any questions you can email Mark at contact@edinburghsketcher.com All materials are included in the price. Prepare for all weathers, this is an outdoor walking and sketching tour so please do check the forecast before you leave and dress appropriately. I will persevere if there is a little light rain but in the event of extreme weather we have space indoors where I will run the workshop using items from the beach and photographs of the area. The minimum age is 8 years old, and anyone aged 8-15 needs to be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Information Source: Edinburgh Sketcher | eventbrite

We are a watch party host for the first day of CCS’s SPRINGBOARD: Assembly for creative climate action 2025. Wednesday 5 March will focus on keynote speakers and inspiration. The event will be all about transformational change. Attendees will explore how the arts and cultural sector can work on their own transformation and contribute to the transformation of wider society. SPRINGBOARD 2025 will be held online to minimise travel emissions and maximise geographical inclusion. However, face-to-face conversations are important for networking and instigating or strengthening collaborative relationships. Local watch parties including ours in Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop will be held in various locations so attendees can watch and listen together, then discuss, meet and share ideas. Two ticketsPeople fromcultural and climate organisations, local government and freelance creatives and climate champions from the area can sign up via this link to attend SPRINGBOARD 2025 at our venue Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. Spaces are limited so it’s first come, first served! Remember to also purchase a #SPRINGBOARD2025 ticket via Zoom events on this link bit.ly/bookSB25. That's two tickets – one from us for our day 1 watch party and one from Culture for Climate Scotland covering both days of the Zoom event. The second day (Thursday 6 March) will be entirely online in breakout rooms with interactive workshops, panels and discussions. Information Source: Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop | eventbrite

The centenary of celebrated Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) will be marked by a new, free display of his work at Modern Two. Sculptor, poet, printmaker, gardener and provocateur, he achieved international renown from the 1970s.Rarely leaving his home in the Pentland Hills, he created a garden of sculptures that attracts visitors from all over the world. Occupying the ground floor rooms of Modern Two, the display includes sculptures, prints and a room-size installation as well as extensive archival material.

The centenary of celebrated Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) will be marked by a new, free display of his work at Modern Two. Sculptor, poet, printmaker, gardener and provocateur, he achieved international renown from the 1970s.Rarely leaving his home in the Pentland Hills, he created a garden of sculptures that attracts visitors from all over the world. Occupying the ground floor rooms of Modern Two, the display includes sculptures, prints and a room-size installation as well as extensive archival material.

Explore the creation and use of maps during the Second World War. Discover their use through personal stories, photography, and memorabilia. Between 1939 and 1945 over 3 billion maps were produced for the Allied, Soviet and German forces. Used to navigate the jungles of south-east Asia or for devising an escape plan, the maps on display are now mementoes. Maps kept alongside medals and photographs to say ‘I was there.’ You'll find aerial photography, war diaries, and even a fashionable dress made from escape and evasion maps. The exhibition introduces us to a Prisoner of War, an RAF pilot, a Brigadier and an army chaplain through the maps they kept as a memory of their war service.

F or Student and Senior discount tickets enter Code: Student_SeniorSCUTTLERSby RONA MUNRO A thrillingly fast-paced play about youthful disaffection, protest and violence, drawing on the history of the Scuttlers, the youth gangs of nineteenth-century Manchester. It's 1882 and the streets of Manchester are crackling with energy, youth and violence. As workers pour into Ancoats to power the Industrial Revolution, 50,000 people are crammed into one square mile. The mills rumble thunderously day and night. The air is thick with smoke. Life is lived large and lived on the street. This is the world's very first industrial suburb and the young mill workers form the very first urban gangs, fighting over their territory with belts, fists and knives. Invisible in history, their lives, deaths, loves, lusts and defiant energy tell stories that will repeat and repeat over the decades that follow. Performed by 4th year BA (Hons) Stage and Screen Acting students. Contains adult themes For Student and Senior discount tickets enter Code: Student_Senior Information Source: Edinburgh Napier Univerity | eventbrite

In Georgian Edinburgh, women’s contributions to music and dance—whether as composers, performers, teachers or patrons were often overshadowed, yet their influence was undeniable. Join Alena Shmakova and Frances Scott as they explore the pioneering women of Enlightenment Scotland’s performing arts scene—from the Lady Directresses of Dance Assemblies to the musicians and dancers who helped shape Edinburgh’s cultural landscape. Discover the dances once performed and taught by Marianne Violante and Sofia Parker, as well as the music by talented amateurs like Magdalene Stirling or professionals as Sophia Dussek, whose compositions once filled the city’s salons and concert halls. Through music and dance, this lecture-recital brings to light the often-overlooked women who helped shape Scotland’s artistic legacy. The programme is made possible through funding by the University of the Highlands and Islands Student Development Fund, funded by REC, the Early Dance Circle and support by the European Association for Dance History. Alena Shmakova has studied historical dance since 2006, training with the Historical Dance Society, Nordic Baroque Dancers, and other practitioners. Since 2013, she has taught historical dance in Edinburgh, performing at venues such as Holyrood Palace, Stirling Castle, and Early Dance Festivals. As a researcher, she has received funding to study female patronage in Scotland and the early 19th-century Strathspey style, presenting her work at major dance history conferences. Women in Dance in Scotland, 1500–1800 is part of her research for an MLitt in History at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Alena also teaches historical dance and dance history through the Edinburgh Adult Education programme. Frances Scott was trained at the Royal Northern College of Music as a pianist before joining the music staff of Scottish Ballet. She then moved to Covent Garden as a pianist with the Royal Ballet Company. Fortunate enough to own a harpsichord, she also worked with groups such as Kist o’ Music and Bruntsfield Baroque, giving concerts in St Cecilia’s Hall and the Georgian House. Her interests include Scottish music in the 18th century and female composers and performers. Information Source: St Cecilia's Hall, The University of Edinburgh | eventbrite

About the eventClaudia Piñeiro is a hugely successful Argentinian novelist, as well as a prominent public figure in Argentinian campaigns relating to gender violence, reproductive rights and education. She is the author of ten novels - many of which have been adapted for the screen – as well as several plays and short stories. Her novel Elena sabe was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and she has won the Premio Clarín de Novela (2005), Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (2010), Premio Pepe Carvalho de novela Negra (2018) and the Premio Konex (2024) de Novela 2014-17. At this event, you can hear Claudia read from her most recent novel, El tiempo de las moscas, and discuss about her writing and activism. Please note that the event will be in Spanish. Image credit: By Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación - Entrevista Claudia Piñeiro, CC BY-SA 2.0 Information Source: School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | eventbrite

Join our Live & Direct Artists on Friday 14 March for a live performance in the Dance Base theatre where they will each share the work that they have been developing in the studio through the week! Each performance will be followed by a vibrant discussion with the audience to help the artists gain valuable feedback on their work. Supported through Creative Scotland targeted funding. Information Source: Dance Base Scotland | eventbrite

2025's Susan Manning Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Paul Saint Amour (University of Pennsylvania), and titled 'Techniques of the Interwar Land Observer: Crawford, Watkins, Maltwood, Woolf'. About the speakerPaul Saint-Amour works on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British literature and has special interests in the novel, law, trauma, visual culture, sound studies, and the environmental humanities. He received his BA from Yale and his PhD from Stanford University and has been a fellow of the Stanford Humanities Center, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Humanities Center, and the Guggenheim Foundation. His most recent book, Tense Future: Modernism, Total War, Encyclopedic Form, won the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize and the MLA's first annual Matei Calinescu Prize. Professor Saint-Amour has served as President of the Modernist Studies Association and as a trustee of the International James Joyce Foundation. With Jessica Berman, Saint-Amour co-edits the Modernist Latitudes book series at Columbia University Press. He edited the volume Modernism and Copyright (2011) for Oxford UP's Modernist Literature and Culture series. The Susan Manning Memorial LectureProfessor Susan Manning was Grierson Professor of English Literature and Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh until her unexpected death in 2013. This annual lecture commemorates Susan as an internationally renowned academic with wide interests, particularly in Transatlanticism, and as an inspiring influence for an international coterie of scholars in the humanities. Occasionally, the Lecture has been held as part of a wider event, such as Edinburgh Spy Week in 2019 and Muriel Spark 100 in 2018. Information Source: School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | eventbrite

We are delighted to invite you to our very first opening reception of 2025, for the launch of our brand-new exhibitionsWalker & Bromwich / Searching for a Change of ConsciousnessandTrading Zone 2025. This event is part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, marking five decades of exhibitions at Talbot Rice Gallery, open to everyone and always free. Walker & Bromwich / Searching for a Change of Consciousness highlights the duo’s pioneering socially engaged practice, bridging labour movements, Indigenous struggles, capitalism, and extractivism. Their work integrates utopian, socialist, and animist ideals, creating spaces for communities to unite and engage in critical dialogue on environmental and social justice. Trading Zone 2025 is Talbot Rice Gallery’s interdisciplinary student exhibition and showcases work from Edinburgh College of Art and University of Edinburgh students, including PhD researchers in Design, Art and Creative Writing, and students in Fine Arts (MA), Contemporary Art Practice (MA), Painting BA (Hons), Illustration (BA Hons), Sculpture BA (Hons) and Fine Art (BA Hons). Exhibition preview and reception schedule 6pm – Exhibition preview begins in Talbot Rice Gallery 6:30pm – Reception begins in Playfair Library (access through Talbot Rice Gallery) 7:15pm – Speeches in Playfair Library 8pm – Exhibition preview and reception ends Please enter through Talbot Rice Gallery via the West College Street entrance or the South Bridge entrance across the Old College Quad. Due to current issues with the lift that services Talbot Rice Gallery, please contact us in advance of this event if you require lift access, as it is currently awaiting urgent repairs. To ensure artwork safety, we ask that you do not bring any large bags or items with you. There will be a coat check at the downstairs entrance of the gallery for bags, coats and other large items if necessary. Thank you for your understanding. Image: Walker & Bromwich, Llechi A Llafur // Slate or State, 2017. Photograph: Mark Pinder Information Source: Talbot Rice Gallery | eventbrite

Join us at our Edinburgh Airsoft Shooting Range for an Active Targets Shooting Event! Step into the world of precision and focus as you take aim at interactive targets. This dynamic shooting experience combines the thrill of shooting with the challenge of hitting interactive targets, making it a unique and exciting activity for both beginners and experienced shooters. We prioritize safety. Before the session begins, a comprehensive safety brief will be provided. We will also explain the rules before each type of game. Safety glasses will be provided for all beginners. We do not tolerate irresponsible behaviour. If you are a beginner, do not worry - we will explain everything you need to know, how to start, and how to make progress. If you are an experienced airsoft shooter, you will definitely find fun with a different approach to this sport. And you can develop your skills. During the session, all new participants will have a chance to chat with more experienced players about the games and equipment. If you visit our Range for the first time, we can provide all the necessary equipment for an extra charge of £20 (Airsoft replica, 1000 bbs, and safety glasses. Pick up the optional ticket.) SAMPLE GAME SCENARIOS: IPSC-like WALK A bunch of targets and obstacles. You must walk and shoot them as fast as you can. Mandatory reload. Knee position. Pure fun ;) REACTION TEST Targets will light up one by one, with the next target lighting up once a target is either hit or times out. The amount of time a shooter gets to hit a target gradually decreases as the round progresses. Avoid hitting the green targets, which have a 25% chance of appearing. TIME TRIAL Shoot as many targets as possible in a set amount of time. Targets will light up one by one and stay on until shot without timing out. The round is over when the amount of time allotted to the round is up, the round is scored based on how many targets have been hit. Information Source: Airsoft Targets Shooting Range | eventbrite

Join our Boozy Brushes Sip and Paint Glasgow 90s/00s Sip and Paint Party! Have a Couple of Drinks, Meet Some New Friends and Use Bold Block Colours, Lines and Shapes to Create a Vibrant Masterpiece! Painting is a fantastic way to unwind, explore your creative potential and socialise with your friends or someone new. We want to show people that art is not restricted to a particular type of individual and learning new painting skills can be lighthearted, fun and therapeutic. All of our classes are beginner friendly and are taught by a professional artist who will guide you through the painting process. You can also chose to show off your own skills and paint something entirely different should you choose to. All of the supplies will be provided, including: Canvas Easel Brushes Paint Aprons Food and drink available to purchase Alongside potentially winning one of our exciting prizes, guests can also take home their own masterpiece. Please arrive 5 minutes before the class with your ticket to hand. Our tickets are non-refundable once purchased. If you would like to reschedule your class please provide us with at least 24 hours notice and you should be able to join a future event. Look forward to getting creative with you all :) Information Source: Boozy Brushes | eventbrite

Explore accurate Hearts v Ross County sporting information for 15th March, as well as links for Football news, tickets and more with Fixture Calendar. Hearts Football Club, or simply known as Hearts, is a Scottish professional football team based in Edinburgh. Founded in 1874, they are one of the oldest and most historic football clubs in Scotland. Currently playing in the Scottish Premiership, Hearts have won the league title on four occasions and have been runners-up 15 times. They have also won the Scottish Cup eight times, making them the third most successful team in the history of the competition. The club's home ground, Tynecastle Park, has a capacity of over 20,000 and has been the team's fortress since 1886. Some notable players who have played for Hearts include John Robertson, Gary Mackay, and current captain Steven Naismith. With a strong history and successful track record, Hearts continue to be a formidable team in Scottish football. Ross County Football Club, based in Dingwall, Scotland, is a professional football team that competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Established in 1929, the club has a rich history and has won multiple titles, including the Scottish Challenge Cup in 2011 and the Scottish Championship in 2012. The team's stadium, the Global Energy Stadium, has a capacity of over 6,000 and is known for its passionate atmosphere during matches. The Ross County squad is led by manager Stuart Kettlewell and features talented players such as Billy McKay, Marcus Fraser, and Regan Charles-Cook. With a strong history of success and a dedicated fan base, Ross County is a formidable team in Scottish football. Information Source: fixturecalendar.com

Join our Boozy Brushes Sip and Paint Glasgow 90s/00s Sip and Paint Party! Have a Couple of Drinks, Meet Some New Friends and Use Bold Block Colours, Lines and Shapes to Create a Vibrant Masterpiece! Painting is a fantastic way to unwind, explore your creative potential and socialise with your friends or someone new. We want to show people that art is not restricted to a particular type of individual and learning new painting skills can be lighthearted, fun and therapeutic. All of our classes are beginner friendly and are taught by a drag queen who will guide you through the painting process. You can also chose to show off your own skills and paint something entirely different should you choose to. All of the supplies will be provided, including: Canvas Easel Brushes Paint Aprons Food and drink available to purchase Alongside potentially winning one of our exciting prizes, guests can also take home their own masterpiece. Please arrive 10 minutes before the class with your ticket to hand. Our tickets are non-refundable once purchased. If you would like to reschedule your class please provide us with at least 24 hours notice and you should be able to join a future event. Look forward to getting creative with you all :) Information Source: Boozy Brushes | eventbrite

Welcome to the Natural Art Material Making Workshop! Date: Saturday, August 14th Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Wasps Riverside House Join me for a half day workshop learning simple processes for making botanical non-toxic inks, sustainable watercolour paints & liquid charcoal for creative projects! We will be working with locally sourced organic materials including garden plants, ethically foraged wild plants & food waste. The goal of my studio and my practice is to have as little impact on the environment at possible - which includes eliminating toxins/chemical run off when I wash my brushes. The labels on store-bought paints produced on mass never provide us with information about how something was made, the origin of raw materials, who produced it and under which conditions, what it contains, and what impact it had on our environment during the manufacturing process! I constantly found myself questioning the ethics behind my materials which is why I started making my own and really hung to the connection I was making to my surroundings in the process. In this workshop we will cover making: Botanical Inks: Natural Inks are a fantastic eco-friendly, non-toxic alternative to petroleum based inks. These can be used for drawing, writing and painting. Liquid Charcoal: Liquid Charcoal is my new favourite drawing medium.. It can be made easily at home with charred plant matter. Each will give a slightly different black tone. Liquid charcoal has a consistency similar to gouache but can be watered down to give different shades and structures. It has the appearance of a charcoal drawing upon drying, it’s malleable and easy to move, is a great dust-free alternative to Charcoal.. and it’s completely Vegan. Watercolour Paint: Watercolour paint is paint made from dry pigment mixed with a binder (Gum Arabic). Natural Pigments can be found everywhere, with many of these hues originating from the earth itself: the rich tones of soil, clay, sand, or stone. Materials and refreshments provided, please contact me directly with any allergies ie. Peanuts. **I have one space at a reduced rate available for a student or low-income participant. Again please contact me directly via email to enquire at libbymitchell1994@me.com. Information Source: Libby Mitchell | eventbrite

Ellen Renton and JLM Morton read in support of new poetry collections from Marianne MacRae (‘Recital’) and Alice Willitts (‘Kiss My Earth'), both published by Blue Diode Press. Alice Willitts is a plantswoman from The Fens; she leads The 57, a women’s poetry collective; is editor of the plantable poetry project DIRT; co-edited Magma 78 on the theme of Collaborations; is a founding member of the biodiversity project On The Verge Cambridge. Kiss My Earth (Blue Diode) is her second collection following Something Light Written (Elephant Press, 2023), With Love, (winner of the Live Canon collection competition, 2020), Dear, (winner of the Magma pamphlet competition, 2019). Her non-fiction includes Think Thing: an ecopoetry practice (Elephant Press, 2021). Marianne MacRae is an Edinburgh-based writer and artist. She won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award and the 2024 Rialto Nature and Place competition. Her work has been published in Magma, Gutter, Ambit and The Oxford Review, amongst others. Her debut collection, 'Recital', is published by Blue Diode. Ellen Renton is a poet, performer, and theatre maker from Edinburgh. Her debut pamphlet ‘An Eye For An Eye For An Eye’ was published by Stewed Rhubarb Press in 2021, and with musician and DJ Lord of the Isles she co-released the album ‘My Noise is Nothing’ in 2023. She has been a Jerwood Fellow, a Cove Park Emerging Writer Awardee, and an Edwin Morgan Trust Disability Arts Online Associate. She is currently on the Clydebuilt writers programme. JLM Morton is a community arts producer, celebrant and education consultant based in Gloucestershire. Her poetry appears in Poetry Review, Rialto, Magma, Mslexia, The London Magazine, Berlin Lit, Anthropocene, Bad Lilies, Poetry Archive and elsewhere. Highly commended by the Forward Prizes, her first collection is Red Handed, a Poetry Society Book of the Year out now with Broken Sleep Books (2024). At present, she’s poet in residence at Sladebank Woods, a semi-urban woodland sandwiched between a housing estate and the Cotswold Hills, where she’s writing her next book with support from an SoA Author’s Foundation grant. Information Source: Typewronger Books | eventbrite

Contemporary authors such as Vajra Chandrasekera (The Saint of Bright Doors), Aliya Whiteley (Three Eight One) and Marlon James (Dark Star trilogy) are using science fiction and fantasy as a creative approach to reflecting on faith and myth. Join speculative author, Oliver K. Langmead, as he discusses faith and myth in his own work and beyond it – and invites you to creative speculations of your own. Featuring Oliver K. Langmead Oliver K. Langmead writes speculative fiction. His new verse-novel, Calypso, was named one of the best Science Fiction books of 2024 by the Guardian and Esquire magazine. His previous novel, Glitterati, was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award, and named one of New Scientist’s best Science Fiction books of 2022. His new novel, City of All Seasons, co-written with Aliya Whiteley, will be published by Titan Books in 2025. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Lancaster, and in late 2018 he was the writer in residence at the European Space Agency’s Astronaut Centre in Cologne. Information Source: School of Divinity | eventbrite

Play On - Read Through Rehearsal Following the success of 'Waiting for Champagne' Fringe 2023, Writer and Director Erin Boulter is bringing a sneak peek of their new work: a script in hand reading of 'Play On' at Nicolson Square Venues: 25 Nicolson Square! Join the Wright siblings as they navigate an escape room to find their recently passed mother's last will and testament. A dark comedy with a Shakespearian twist; the siblings face the challenges of the room as well as their relationship, revealing that their upbringing was not as black and white as they had thought. This script in hand reading is a preview for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe run at Paradise in the Vault from August 13-24 (no show on the 17). All proceeds will go to the artists involved and towards fees for the festival. Grab your friends and come 'Play On' with us! Information Source: Play On Fringe | eventbrite